Speech therapy is paying off!

Richard, Caren and Cecily came over last night for dinner.  We ordered in from one of our favorite places, Roman Cucina.  We were all sitting around eating dinner.  Cecily tells her mom that she wants her water cup.  Caren asks her where her water cup is at and she says she doesn’t know.

Just as I ask Cecily if she was sure she brought it in, I notice out of the corner of my eye that Charlotte got down from the table.  I assumed she was getting down to play, which is one of her favorite things to do during dinner these days.  When Cecily begins to answer me, her cup magically appears on the table, attached to Charlotte’s itty bitty hand.  Charlotte walks back around the table with a huge smile on her face.

She crawls back into her chair and is obviously very proud of herself.  Everyone gives Charlotte a big thank you.  We were all so surprised that she was paying attention to our conversation and that she remembered where Cecily had put her water cup.

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Charlotte:  [yelling from upstairs]  Mooommmmaaaa!  Mooommmmmaaaa!!

Me:  Charlotte I’m busy, what do you need?  Come downstairs please.

Charlotte:  Poopeh’s woom.

Me:  What’s in Cooper’s room?

Charlotte:  Tuck, tuck.

Me:  Something is stuck?  What’s stuck?

Charlotte:  Hep me.  Hep peeze.

Me:  You need help?

Charlotte:  Yesh.

Me:  Ask daddy for help, mommy is busy.

Charlotte:  Dah-ee, hep peeze.  Come on. [takes daddy’s hand to go upstairs]

Chris:  Oh, your coin is stuck in the door in Cooper’s room!

Now, how’s that for speech therapy?!?!